US Patent Issued to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems on March 31 for "Independent gripper" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,908, issued on March 31, was assigned to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Independent gripper" was invented by Theodore W. Ketai (San Francisco), Jacob Greenberg (Redwood City, Calif.), Daniel Hale (Belmont, Calif.), Tanmay Mishra (Mountain View, Calif.), Gabriel Gonzales (Milpitas, Calif.), Raghuveer Basude (Fremont, Calif.) and Michael Hong (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, includin...